The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - Wed Sep 09, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Sep 09, 1959 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-1 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1959-60
Referee:: A Sparling
Attendance:: 26,286
Pos Before/After:: 18 13
Opp Before/After:: 14 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Sep 16, 1959

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2203 (of 5018)
League Tier 1:: 827 (of 2270)
Competitive:: 2424 (of 5736)
Total:: 3599 (of 7523)
Played:: 65 years, 2 months, 13 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: LLDDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Tommy Wilson
Billy Gray

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Harry Catterick
Prior form: WLWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Roy Shiner

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Chic Thomson
2	D	34	Bill Whare
3	D	30	Joe McDonald
4	M	25	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	26	Bob McKinlay
6	M	33	Jack Burkitt
7	F	27	Stewart Imlach
8	F	24	Johnny Quigley
9	F	28	Tommy Wilson
10	F	23	Jim Iley
11	F	32	Billy Gray

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ron Springett
2	D	Norman Curtis
3	D	Jack Martin
4	D	Peter Swan
5	D	Don Gibson
6	M	Ralph O'Donnell
7	M	Roy Shiner
8	M	Derek Wilkinson
9	M	Alan Finney
10	F	Redfern Froggatt
11	F	Johnny Fantham

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Sep 09, 1959)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	Chelsea
Bolton Wanderers	0-1	Arsenal
Fulham	3-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leicester City	1-1	Blackpool
Luton Town	1-2	Manchester City
Manchester United	6-0	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion	2-2	Newcastle United

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Blackburn Rovers	5	4	1	0	13	3	3	0	0	8	1	1	1	0	5	2	4.33333	9	WWDWW
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	3	2	0	15	10	1	1	0	6	4	2	1	0	9	6	1.50000	8	WWDDW
	3	Burnley	6	4	0	2	14	13	2	0	1	8	6	2	0	1	6	7	1.07692	8	WWLWLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	3	0	10	5	0	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	8	3	2.00000	7	WDDWD
	5	West Ham United	5	3	1	1	10	5	2	0	1	6	3	1	1	0	4	2	2.00000	7	WDWWL
	6	West Bromwich Albion	5	2	2	1	12	7	2	0	1	9	4	0	2	0	3	3	1.71429	6	WDDLW
	7	Arsenal	5	1	3	1	8	6	0	2	1	2	3	1	1	0	6	3	1.33333	5	LWDDD
	8	Manchester United	5	2	1	2	12	10	1	0	1	3	3	1	1	1	9	7	1.20000	5	LLWWD
	9	Blackpool	5	2	1	2	4	4	1	1	1	3	3	1	0	1	1	1	1.00000	5	WWLDL
	10	Leeds United	5	2	1	2	8	8	0	1	1	3	4	2	0	1	5	4	1.00000	5	LLWDW
	11	Chelsea	5	2	1	2	13	14	1	1	1	11	11	1	0	1	2	3	.92857	5	DWLLW
	12	Preston North End	6	1	3	2	10	11	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	2	8	9	.90909	5	DDDLWL
	13	Fulham	5	2	1	2	7	9	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	2	1	7	.77778	5	LWWLD
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	5	2	1	2	6	8	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	2	3	6	.75000	5	WLWDL
	15	Leicester City	5	2	1	2	7	12	2	0	0	6	3	0	1	2	1	9	.58333	5	LWWDL
	16	Birmingham City	5	1	2	2	5	6	1	1	1	5	5	0	1	1	0	1	.83333	4	LWDLD
	17	Manchester City	5	2	0	3	11	14	2	0	1	9	8	0	0	2	2	6	.78571	4	WLLWL
	18	Nottingham Forest	5	1	2	2	5	8	0	1	1	2	5	1	1	1	3	3	.62500	4	LLDDW
	19	Bolton Wanderers	5	1	1	3	4	8	1	0	1	2	4	0	1	2	2	4	.50000	3	LLWLD
	20	Luton Town	5	0	3	2	2	4	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	.50000	3	DLLDD
	21	Newcastle United	5	1	0	4	8	14	1	0	2	3	7	0	0	2	5	7	.57143	2	LLLWL
	22	Everton	5	0	2	3	6	11	0	2	1	3	4	0	0	2	3	7	.54545	2	DLLLD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Blackburn Rovers	5	4	1	0	13	3	3	0	0	8	1	1	1	0	5	2	4.33333	9	WWDWW
2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	4	0	12	7	0	3	0	4	4	2	1	0	8	3	1.71429	8	WDDWDD		2-2
2	3	West Ham United	6	3	2	1	12	7	2	0	1	6	3	1	2	0	6	4	1.71429	8	WDWWLD		2-2
2	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	3	2	1	16	13	1	1	0	6	4	2	1	1	10	9	1.23077	8	WWDDWL		1-3
2	5	Burnley	6	4	0	2	14	13	2	0	1	8	6	2	0	1	6	7	1.07692	8	WWLWLW
2	6	Manchester United	6	3	1	2	18	10	2	0	1	9	3	1	1	1	9	7	1.80000	7	LLWWDW		6-0
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	6	2	3	1	14	9	2	1	1	11	6	0	2	0	3	3	1.55556	7	WDDLWD		2-2
1	8	Arsenal	6	2	3	1	9	6	0	2	1	2	3	2	1	0	7	3	1.50000	7	LWDDDW		1-0
4	9	Fulham	6	3	1	2	10	10	3	0	0	9	3	0	1	2	1	7	1.00000	7	LWWLDW		3-1
1	10	Blackpool	6	2	2	2	5	5	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	1.00000	6	WWLDLD		1-1
	11	Chelsea	6	2	2	2	14	15	1	1	1	11	11	1	1	1	3	4	.93333	6	DWLLWD		1-1
5	12	Manchester City	6	3	0	3	13	15	2	0	1	9	8	1	0	2	4	7	.86667	6	WLLWLW		2-1
5	13	Nottingham Forest	6	2	2	2	7	9	1	1	1	4	6	1	1	1	3	3	.77778	6	LLDDWW		2-1
1	14	Leicester City	6	2	2	2	8	13	2	1	0	7	4	0	1	2	1	9	.61538	6	LWWDLD		1-1
3	15	Preston North End	6	1	3	2	10	11	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	2	8	9	.90909	5	DDDLWL
	16	Birmingham City	6	1	3	2	6	7	1	2	1	6	6	0	1	1	0	1	.85714	5	LWDLDD		1-1
3	17	Sheffield Wednesday	6	2	1	3	7	10	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	3	4	8	.70000	5	WLWDLL		1-2
8	18	Leeds United	6	2	1	3	8	14	0	1	1	3	4	2	0	2	5	10	.57143	5	LLWDWL		0-6
2	19	Newcastle United	6	1	1	4	10	16	1	0	2	3	7	0	1	2	7	9	.62500	3	LLLWLD		2-2
	20	Luton Town	6	0	3	3	3	6	0	1	3	1	4	0	2	0	2	2	.50000	3	DLLDDL		1-2
2	21	Bolton Wanderers	6	1	1	4	4	9	1	0	2	2	5	0	1	2	2	4	.44444	3	LLWLDL		0-1
	22	Everton	5	0	2	3	6	11	0	2	1	3	4	0	0	2	3	7	.54545	2	DLLLD